迷你對(duì)話:
A:Susan has got the cancer of stomach.
Susan得了癌癥。
B:How terrible! This is quite unexpected!
太可怕了!這真讓人難以置信!
A:Yesterday when I went to hospital to see her, you cannot imagine how greatly surprised when I saw her.
昨天我去醫(yī)院看她,你無法想象我當(dāng)時(shí)是多么的震驚。
B:What happened?
怎么了?
A:Because of atomic cocktail and other medicines, all of them have the side effect: she has lost all her hair.
因?yàn)樵与u尾酒和其他的藥物都有副作用,她的頭發(fā)全部掉光了。
地道口語:
atomic cocktail:原子結(jié)尾酒
講解:此語為醫(yī)學(xué)用語,指“含有放射性物質(zhì)的吞服劑”,用語癌癥的診斷和治療。Cocktail本指“危險(xiǎn)物質(zhì)的混合物”。
詞海拾貝:
1.get the cancer of stomach:患上胃癌
2.because of:因?yàn)?/p>
Eg.I did not go to the cinema because of the intense cold.
我因?yàn)閲?yán)寒沒出去看電影。
Eg.We win the game because of his participation.
由于他的參與,我們贏了比賽。
Eg.Because of his irresolute character, we were defeated at last.
因?yàn)樗愿竦能浫?,我們最終被打敗了。
3.have a side effect:副作用
Eg. Does this kind of western medicine have much side effect?
這種西藥的副作用很大吧?
Eg.He also points out that both drugs do have side effects so patients have to be monitored.
他指出了那兩種麻醉藥的副作用因此病人受到監(jiān)看。
拓展:have a much side effect 有很大的副作用
have no side effect 沒有副作用
have a side effect on 對(duì)……有副作用
4.loose one's hair:頭發(fā)脫落
Eg.He lost his hair, which showed he was not well then.
他掉很多頭發(fā),這說明他的身體不是很好了。